Thanks for this video! We have an O'Day daysailer (1968) and have installed a tabernacle like others have done, but have been still struggling with stepping the mast. Made a gin pole just like yours and it works like a charm. Easy up and easy down. We can finally take our boat for a sail and not worry about crashing or destroying our mast in the process.
Jason, you don't use any extra side to side support? I know the shrouds are attached. I want to be able to do this by myself. I'd like to keep it simple and with little parts as possible.
I don't know to attach pics here but it's very simple: Cut a U-shaped notch in the end of the board that matches the profile of the mast. Screw a ratcheting strap to one side of the U, a few inches up. Screw a length of strap to the opposite side. Use the strap to secure the gin pole to the mast. To ensure that the cloth straps are attached securely, I cut two pieces of flat steel stock, 1"x4"x1/8" and sandwiched the strap between them and the board.
is the forestay attached to this "gin pole" ... how do you thin transfer the forestay to the bow of the boat .... be nice to see this again with words and completion ... it looks like you attached the halyard for the jib but maybe that is the forestay you are messing with ??? is so did you just attached a new stay to the mast to crank it up ... what do you do with it under sail? Thanks, Jerry
The forestay hangs free. The jib halyard is attached to the gin pole. Once the gin pole is close enough to the deck, the forestay is attached to the deck and the gin pole can be removed.
@@SwearingenTurnings that makes perfect sense Jason, thank you very much ... when you were attaching momentarily then what I guess was the forestay it seemed to loose .... long ... I guess you adjust it length wise after ... I will have to watch again ... thanks very much for your reply ... getting old and we are starting to have a heck of a time raising the mast of our trailer sailor Mariner! LOL!
@@SwearingenTurnings LOL ... that Under sail comment had to be a typo of some kind and now I do not know what I meant, I did not suspect you raised the mast in the water. I think there are a lot of auto correct typos in that last sentence but you addressed my question ... was it the forestay or the jib halyard that was attached to the gin pole .... I again appreciate it. Jerry
Yes, but I don't have a crew. Just my daughter or my wife and me. I also injured my back so lifting and wrestling this thing into place, while only 5'7", isn't as easy or safe as using a gin pole. I've tried.
You'll find a fair amount of folks looking for used masts because they had inexperienced crew and bent the whole rig at the tabernacle. Best to have a smooth controlled system that you can easily set up yourself.
Thanks for this video! We have an O'Day daysailer (1968) and have installed a tabernacle like others have done, but have been still struggling with stepping the mast. Made a gin pole just like yours and it works like a charm. Easy up and easy down. We can finally take our boat for a sail and not worry about crashing or destroying our mast in the process.
I think I'll try this method. It looks pretty simple. Thanks for posting. It should help me out.
That could have been a disaster. Good catch dad.
as you age these tasks become harder physically .. so some mechanical atvantage is necessary
Thanks
Teamwork 🤘
by the way.. a very nice boat :)
Jason, you don't use any extra side to side support? I know the shrouds are attached. I want to be able to do this by myself. I'd like to keep it simple and with little parts as possible.
What length mast and what size trailer winch? Nice job
Great job! How does the gin pole attach to the mast? I see the strap but what keeps it from moving up or down the mast?
I don't know to attach pics here but it's very simple: Cut a U-shaped notch in the end of the board that matches the profile of the mast.
Screw a ratcheting strap to one side of the U, a few inches up. Screw a length of strap to the opposite side. Use the strap to secure the gin pole to the mast.
To ensure that the cloth straps are attached securely, I cut two pieces of flat steel stock, 1"x4"x1/8" and sandwiched the strap between them and the board.
Do you pull it up with the fore stay or the jib halyard? Or something else?
I use the jib halyard.
is the forestay attached to this "gin pole" ... how do you thin transfer the forestay to the bow of the boat .... be nice to see this again with words and completion ... it looks like you attached the halyard for the jib but maybe that is the forestay you are messing with ??? is so did you just attached a new stay to the mast to crank it up ... what do you do with it under sail? Thanks, Jerry
The forestay hangs free. The jib halyard is attached to the gin pole. Once the gin pole is close enough to the deck, the forestay is attached to the deck and the gin pole can be removed.
Under sail I just leave the gin pole on the trailer. I don't try stepping the mast while on the water.
@@SwearingenTurnings that makes perfect sense Jason, thank you very much ... when you were attaching momentarily then what I guess was the forestay it seemed to loose .... long ... I guess you adjust it length wise after ... I will have to watch again ... thanks very much for your reply ... getting old and we are starting to have a heck of a time raising the mast of our trailer sailor Mariner! LOL!
@@SwearingenTurnings LOL ... that Under sail comment had to be a typo of some kind and now I do not know what I meant, I did not suspect you raised the mast in the water. I think there are a lot of auto correct typos in that last sentence but you addressed my question ... was it the forestay or the jib halyard that was attached to the gin pole .... I again appreciate it. Jerry
It takes less time just to lift the step mast into place, especially when you have crew.
Yes, but I don't have a crew. Just my daughter or my wife and me. I also injured my back so lifting and wrestling this thing into place, while only 5'7", isn't as easy or safe as using a gin pole.
I've tried.
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You'll find a fair amount of folks looking for used masts because they had inexperienced crew and bent the whole rig at the tabernacle. Best to have a smooth controlled system that you can easily set up yourself.